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EARTHFEST, April 20 in Carleton Place

Second Annual EARTHFEST, April 20 in Carleton...

An Almonte baby boom

Springtime is often busy in the Almonte...

Brenda Edgerton — obituary

Edgerton, Brenda Pauline Brenda passed peacefully after fighting a...

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An Artist's Notes

Notes from local artist Eileen Hennemann about her paintings.

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John Dunn's Stories

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Civitan Club gift to the community finds a home at the Pakenham library

During Pakenham’s 2023 bicentennial year, the Pakenham and District Civitan Club produced a poster that featured the village of Pakenham. The original art, created by local artist James Hrkach, was...

Almonte Readers and Writers hosts award winning poets

by Edith Cody-Rice Last Thursday evening, April 11, Almonte Readers and Writers hosted an enthusiastic audience of poetry lovers at Equator Coffee in celebration of National Poetry Month. In a...

A pair of poems for spring

Editor's note: Chris Cavan sends these reflections on the arrival of spring in our area: discomposed overture   it’s been a slow dry creeping equinox though no hiding was possible under cover of snow absent patter of rain low flow river reluctant slow awakening threat of snow and rain is...
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An Artist's Notes

Notes from local artist Eileen Hennemann about her paintings.

Books

John Dunn's Stories

Pick of the Past

Painted curtains on shop windows create a magical street

by Edith Cody-Rice The charm of Mill Street is dressed up with these painted curtains that were added to shop windows by  Jeff Banks of...

Government grants allow Textile Museum to install HVAC system

by Michael Rikley-Lancaster, Executive Director  The Mississippi Valley Textile Museum will be a much “cooler” place this summer thanks to its new heating, ventilation and...

Puppets Up! shows the charm and community spirit of Mississippi Mills (Almonte) at its best

by Edith Cody-Rice Puppets Up! International Puppet Festival once again delighted audiences young and old with its innovative puppet productions and superb street entertainment. Mill...

Puppets Up! launches with a puppet version of Swan Lake

by Edith Cody-Rice If you wandered down Mill Street in Almonte at dusk on Thursday evening, you would have seen a team of artists furiously...

What happens when the Puppets Up! festival day is over and it’s time for the puppets to relax and just hang out??

Come to "Nothing Up Our Sleeves", the August 11th Saturday night cabaret at the Old Town Hall and you'll find out.This naughty adults-only...

What happens when the Puppets Up! festival day is over and it's time for the puppets to relax and just hang out??

Come to "Nothing Up Our Sleeves", the August 11th Saturday night cabaret at the Old Town Hall and you'll find out.This naughty adults-only...

Puppets Up! coming to Mississippi Mills (Almonte) August 11 & 12

Puppets Up! coming to Mississippi Mills (Almonte) August 11 & 12

The Cat’s Table – by Michael Ondaatje – book review

by Amelia Gordon Michael Ondaatje's The Cat's Table, the bestseller published in hardback last year, has now been released in paperback by Vintage Canada....

International Power Canada Inc is newest Puppets Up! sponsor

Puppets Up! welcomes International Power Canada Inc.as their newest sponsor for the upcoming Almonte puppet festival on August 11 and 12. On Tuesday, July...

Vulture’s Picnic by Greg Palast – book review

by Robin Samuel  Vulture's Picnic is about the oil business.  It is focused on BP's Deepwater Horizon blowout in the Gulf of Mexico and...

A Conspiracy of Friends – A Corduroy Mansions novel by Alexander McCall Smith – book review

 by Edith Cody-Rice  The third in the Corduroy Mansions series by Alexander McCall Smith has finally been distributed in Canada by Random House. A...

The Abundant Community by John McKnight and Peter Block – book review

by Edith Cody-Rice The Abundant Community is a book that addresses our current societal malaise. John McKnight, who visited Mississippi Mills, Brockville and Carleton Place...

Textile Museum begins restoration of windows thanks to “Adopt-a-Window” campaign

by Michael Rikley-Lancaster Repair of twenty-three windows and window sills will soon be under way at the Mississippi Valley Textile Museum. The windows are...
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